Our Department

Located in Chalmers and Burt Halls, the BMB Program offers B.A., B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Departmental faculty have research programs supported by over $3 million in annual extramural support for studying various aspects of biochemistry in animals, plants, insects and microorganisms. Founded in 1961, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Browse this website to find information about our academics, faculty, seminars and more.

Chalmers Hall is home to the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Main Office and Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility, in addition to the majority of faculty offices, research laboratories and classrooms.

Graduate School

Recent achievements

Prashant Wani

Timothy Durrett

Received a grant from US Department of Energy, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) for "Optimization and production of acetyl-triacylglycerols for use as fuels, lubricants, and specialty chemicals"

Brian Geisbrecht

Received a grant from NIH/NIAID for "Inhibition of the Classical & Lectin Complement Pathways by Staphylococcus aureus Eap"